Diabetic Foot
A 62-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes presents with a warm, swollen, insensate left foot. There is no open wound but significant bony prominences are palpable. Radiographs show fragmentation and dislocation of the tarsometatarsal joints. His HbA1c is 9.5%. Regarding diabetic foot complications:
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Charcot neuroarthropathy results from unperceived repetitive trauma to an insensate foot leading to ...
Diabetic foot ulcers result from the triad of neuropathy (loss of protective sensation), peripheral ...
Charcot foot is primarily infectious; acute phase should be weight-bearing immediately; radiographs ...
Surgical indications in Charcot include unstable deformity causing recurrent ulceration, impending l...
Multidisciplinary team approach includes orthopaedic surgeon, vascular surgeon, endocrinologist, pod...
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